Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

Failure is part of success.

I would like people not to think in terms of the 755 home runs I hit but think in terms of what I've accomplished off the field and some of the things I stood for.

You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.

You visualize [pitches]. You see it in your head; you think it...I used to play every pitcher in my mind before I went to the ballpark. I started getting ready for ever game the moment I woke up.

I came to the Braves on business, and I intended to see that business was good as long as I could.